Shock-binder.



` Patented Mar. 19

lli; .ATS TENT @Elle IVIILLARD F. MCCRAY, OF COWGILL, MISSOURI.

SHOCK-BNDER.

j. 4559 -iv.

Application led April 28,

To @ZZ whom t may concern Be it known that I, MILLARD F. MoCnAr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lfowgill. in the count;7 of Caldwell and State of ldissouri, have invented certain new and useful, Improvements in Shock-Binders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cord and rope holders, and more particularly7 to a new and improved shock binder.

The primary object of my invention is to provide an improved shock binder which is simple in construction, cheap to manufac ture, strong', durable, and one which is quickly and easily disposed in position for binding a shock of corn or the like.

Another object of my invention is to provide improved means associated with my shock binder for guiding the binding element, as well as means for facilitating the tightening of the binding element and the fastening of the same in tightened position.

A further object of my invention is to provide a shock binder of the class above described having means thereon for engagement with a shock adapted to embrace the latter, and means for facilitating the tightening of said engaging means.

'With the above and other objects in view my invention resides preferably in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth in the specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improved shock binder.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View of the same.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts throughout the various views of the drawings.

Referring more particularly to the drawings in which the preferred embodiment of my invention is illustrated, l provide a frame designated generally by the numeral l. said frame comprising` a pair of strips 2 and 3 having portions 2 and 3, said strips being riveted or otherwise secured together as indicated at 4, and a transverse bar 5 associated therewith adjacent the point at which said strips Q and 3 are secured. The extremities of the transverse bar 5 are angularly bent as indicated at 6 for a purpose which will hereinafter appear.

The opposite extremities of the strips 2 and 3 are in spaced relation, the strip 3 be- Speccaton of Letters Patent.

latei'ited Mar. i9, i918.

1915. Serial No. 24,5136.

ing otliset as at T and disposed in spaced relation to the strip 2 forming the spaced parallel portions 2 and il hereinbefore referred to, the free extremities of the strips and 3 being Hared outwardly as indicated at S and 9 for a purpose which "ill hereinafter appear, the strip 2 being extended beyond the strip 3 and provided with an aperture l0 through which a flexible band, rope or the like ll is received, a knot l2 being formed on the adjacent extremity of the rope ll to prevent its passage entirely through the aperture l0.

A sheave 13 is mounted on a transverse pin le having a nut i5 and a head 1G to prevent its dislodgment from the strips Q and said sheave 13 being preferably disposed between the spaced portions of the strips 2 and 3.

In use the rope il is disposed about a shock or the like, the free extremity 1.7 thereof being trained over the transverse bar 5 as shown at 1S and further disposed over the sheave as indicated at 19, the free en tremity i7 thereof being received in the spaced diverging extremities Q0 and 2l of the strips 2 and 3, respectively, and frictionally retained therein owing to the in herent resiliency of the metal employed, the diverging portions 2O and Q1 forming a wedge slot 22.

lt will be noted that the tightening of the band or rope ll on a shock or the like is facilitated by the provision of the sheave 1?, and it will also be noted that the direction of pull eXerted on the binding element is such that tends to draw the rope or band ll taut. T his allows of the tighteninfrl of the device without holding the same in position, it onlyr being necessary to support the device until the rope is trained over the sheave 13, whereupon exertion of force on the free extremity of the rope ll will cause the same to tighten about the shock. The transverse bar 5 has been provided to afford an abutment and guide' over which the rope ll may be disposed, and should it be desired, anti-friction means may be placed at the point designated 18. However, it is not absolutely necessarv, as l have found in actual use of the device, that the slight amount of friction involved at this point is negligible. It is, of course, to be understood that the advantage of the abutment 5, preferably rounded, is to prevent tearing or marring of the binding element. Attention is called to the fact that the device may be used left or right handed, the bar extending to substantially equal lengths beyond either marginal edge of the frame. The down-turned extremities 6 of the transverse bar 5 serve to prevent dislodgment of the binding element therefrom during the binding operation.

When the object being bound is clamped sufficiently the rope or binding element is engaged in the wedge slot 22 as shown to advantage in Fig. l thereby preventing loosening or disengaging of the binder.

It is to be understood, of course, that the frame as well as the transverse bar 5 may be cast in one piece, however, l prefer to form the same in the manner shown, since this construction, not onlyV affords means for lsupporting the sheave 13 but also provides the spaced arms and 21 for clamping. ln actual practice it may be found desirable to stamp the transverse bar 5 and the strip 2 in one piece and this is a struc ture which would be desirable when reducing the invention to practice.

Having thus described iny invention, what l claim and desire to secure by Letters lratA ent is;

1. A shock binder, including a frame formed into a gripping` jaw at one end, a flexible binding element secured to the other end of the frame and adapted to be received by the j aw, an anti-friction element adapted to receive the binding element, and a guiding abutment 'for the iexible element disposed transversely of the frame.

2. A shock binder, comprising a frame including spaced parallel portions, a sheave disposed between the parallel port-ions, a clamping jaw formed by the opposite extremities of said frame, a flexible binding element, and a transversely disposed bar positioned upon said frame providing guide and abutment for the flexible element.

3. A; shock binder, comprising a frame including spaced parallel portions, said frame terminating in a resilient jaw, a transverse guiding abutment secured to the frame between the jaw and the parallel portions, a guide sheave'rotatably mounted between the parallel portions, anda flexible binding element secured to one of the parallel portions.V

ll. A shock binder, comprising a frame consisting of a main strip having an oppositely curved end, a second strip securedv thereto having a curved end coinciding with the curved end of the main strip to form a resilient aw, the remaining portion of said secondstrip being o-set to extendrparallel with said main strip to form straight parallel portions; a sheave rotatably mounted between said parallel portions, a guiding abutment secured in transverse relationship to the frame, and a. flexible binding element secured to the main frame member adapted to be looped over the guiding abutment, the

sheave and between the curved members of the Jaw. Y 5. A shock binder,rcomprising a frame,

said frame being formed of a pair of strips,

.of said bar will extend so as to be free trom the shock into engagement with which the device is positioned, thus preventing the device from being` entangled in a shock, and a flexible binding element secured to said frame and being looped around said transverse bar and over said sheave and betweensaid resilient j aw. Y

In testimony whereof l: aifixnmy signature in presence of two witnesses. y

MILLARD F. MCCRAY.

l/Vitnesses: Y K. E. TUCKER,

Sm F. THOMSON.'

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